Complete with the retro title card used by Universal Pictures back in the day, the studio revealed the trailer to hard rocker-turned-director Rob Zombie‘s The Munsters.
Deliberately juxtaposing Zombie’s bloody film bona fides with the classic ’60s sitcom, a voiceover intones, “Rob Zombie, the director of House of 1000 Corpses, Halloween and The Devil’s Rejects, brings you the greatest love story ever told.”
The tone then pivots and goes all-in on the madcap camp of the original series, proving Rob wasn’t joking when he said the movie he wrote would be his first family-friendly offering.
Lily Munster, played by Sheri Moon Zombie, is looking for love. Fortunately, mad scientist Dr. Henry August — played by Kingsman and The Mandalorian character actor Richard Brake — has just built just the man for her.
Jeff Daniel Phillips plays her Frankenstein’s creaturelike beau to be, Herman, made famous by Fred Gwynne in the original.
Dan Roebuck perfectly brings the smarm as he fills the cape of the late Al Lewis‘ Grandpa Munster, and the cast also featuresLost veteran Jorge Garcia, Cassandra “Elvira” Peterson, and original Munsters actors Butch Patrick and Pat Priest.
As if that’s not enough throwback, the trailer ends with a near shot-for-shot recreation of the original show’s opening, set to Jack Marshall‘s iconic theme.
A limited-edition 17-CD Grateful Dead box set featuring six full previously unreleased concert performances that the band played at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden during the early 1980s will be issued on September 23.
In and Out of the Garden: Madison Square Garden ’81, ’82, ’83 features audio of shows that took place March 9 and 10, 1981; September 20 and 21, 1982; and October 11 and 12, 1983.
The collection features a custom box and includes liner notes by acclaimed music journalist David Fricke, who writes about The Grateful Dead’s deep connection to and history with New York City.
In addition to versions of classics like “Uncle John’s Band,” “Fire on the Mountain” and “Truckin’,” the shows featured The Dead performing several songs that would eventually appear on their 1987 album In the Dark, including the hit “Touch of Grey.”
“These performances … are six of the best the Dead played at the Garden, any of which could have been released on their own,” Grateful Dead archivist David Lemieux says. “We’re thrilled, though, to allow these six complementary shows to be housed together, each one its own story, its own event.”
Only 12,500 copies of the 17-CD box set, each individually numbered, will be available. You can preorder copies now exclusively from Dead.net. High-res digital versions also are being sold at the website.
In advance of In and Out of the Garden, a performance of “Feel Like a Stranger” from the March 9, 1981, show has been made available digitally and an animated companion video has debuted on The Dead’s official YouTube channel.
Also on September 23, the March 9, 1981, concert will be released individually as a three-CD set, digitally at Dead.net and via traditional retail outlets.
Oasis‘ 1997 album Be Here Now is being reissued in celebration of its upcoming 25th anniversary.
The set will be available with remastered audio on vinyl and cassette on August 19, two days before the album’s original release date.
Coming off the star-making success of 1995’s (What’s the Story) Morning Glory?, Be Here Now was among the most anticipated new albums of the ’90s. In Oasis’ native U.K., it holds the record for the most copies sold in the first seven days of any album’s release.
Despite its initial success, Be Here Now is a polarizing record among fans and critics and is now often seen as the end marker of the phenomenon that Oasis and Britpop had become in the ’90s. It also marked the final Oasis album to include founding members Paul “Bonehead” Arthurs and Paul “Guigsy” McGuigan.
Be Here Now was previously reissued in 2016 with a newly remixed version of the single “D’You Know What I Mean?” by Noel Gallagher. Along with the news of the 25th-anniversary reissue, a new lyric video for the Noel mix has been released, which you can watch now on YouTube.
Pro baller LeBron James had some clarifying to do after recently commenting on WNBA star Brittney Griner‘s detainment in Russia.
In the trailer for the latest episode of his HBO show, The Shop, James said that if he were in Griner’s unfortunate position, he’s not sure he’d be willing to return to a country that has yet to come to his rescue.
“Over 110 days, now how could she feel like America has her back?” James said in the short clip. “I would be feeling like, ‘Do I even want to go back to America?'”
His comments were met with backlash from some social media users who viewed his thoughts as disrespectful.
James took to Twitter Wednesday to issue clarification.
“My comments on ‘The Shop’ regarding Brittney Griner wasn’t knocking our beautiful country,” he wrote. “I was simply saying how she’s probably feeling emotionally along with so many other emotions, thoughts, etc inside that cage she’s been in for over 100+ days!”
He added, “Long story short #BringHerHome.”
As previously reported, Phoenix Mercury coach Vanessa Nygaard spoke to the media about Griner’s continued detainment, comparing her situation to that of James, a male sports player.
“If it was LeBron[James], he’d be home, right?” Nygaard asked, according to USA Today. “It’s a statement about the value of women. It’s a statement about the value of a Black person. It’s a statement about the value of a gay person … We know it, and so that’s what hurts a little more.”
Griner has been held in Russia since Feb. 17, when she was detained at Sheremetyevo International Airport for her possession of vape cartridges containing hashish oil, which is illegal in the country. She pleaded guilty to drug charges in court, saying that the vape cartridges were in her luggage unintentionally.
Dream Theater‘s John Petrucci has announced his first-ever solo headlining tour.
The guitarist will be supporting his 2020 solo album, Terminal Velocity, which notably features ex-Dream Theater drummer Mike Portnoy, marking the former bandmates’ first collaboration since Portnoy left the prog-metal outfit in 2010.
Portnoy will also be playing drums on the tour, which so far only includes three dates: October 7 in Boston, October 13 in New York City and October 15 in Washington, D.C. A press release assures that more stops will be announced.
Tickets go on sale this Friday, July 15. For more info, visit JohnPetrucci.com.
Dream Theater, meanwhile, released their latest album, A View from the Top of the World, last October.
Meghan Trainor says she wrote “Bad for Me” after her therapist asked her to write a letter. Soon, she composed a new song about needing to establish a healthy distance from a toxic family member.
Speaking with Billboard, she and song collaborator Teddy Swims explained why this song is indicative of a shift in how the younger generations discuss mental health.
“I think this generation is the first people that are really starting to dissect and understand that there are issues, mentally, that people are facing and that it’s okay to discuss and deal with those things,” said Teddy as Meghan nodded in agreement.
He continued, “I’m sure that all our parents and parents’ parents had just as bad trauma and issues as we do and it just wasn’t normalized to speak about it.”
Meghan also revealed why Teddy was the perfect person to join her on this vulnerable track. “I was a super fan of Teddy’s and I didn’t know him at the time, so when I wrote the song, I was listening to it with my husband Daryl [Sabara] in bed… And he sat up and was like, ‘This is your Teddy Swims song.’ And I was like, ‘This is my Teddy Swims song!'” she explained.
The Grammy winner got in touch with the singer, and as Teddy revealed, they were in the studio “two or three days later” to work on “Bad for Me.”
The song has debuted on Billboard‘s Adult Pop Airplay chart and has currently entered the top 40 — an accomplishment both happily celebrated.
Five Seconds of Summer is celebrating hump day with brand new music.
The Australian super group released their latest track, “Blender,” which blends both pop and punk elements.
The two-and-a-half-minute song tackles a toxic relationship that turns up the passion and the drama.
While the group sings, “I’d die for you,” they reveal just how unhealthy it is to stay with their lover.
“All the things you said in my head/ Ricochetting off the bed/ Nothing left, what a mess/ Oh, my God, it never ends/ Now we’re stressed and depressed/ And we’re going ’round again/ In an еmotional blender,” frontman Luke Hemmings croons.
And while it’s made apparent that it’s best they separate, Luke and Calum Hood confess, “But we just can’t keep away/ When you know me like you do/ It’s supernatural, got me howling at the moon.”
The new release comes just after 5SOS took over Good Morning America on Tuesday to perform “Me, Myself & I.”
Both tracks will appear on the group’s fifth studio album, 5SOS5, which arrives September 23. The 19-track project celebrates the band’s 10-year career by featuring tracks with “reflective and intimate lyrics” about their journey, per the official release.
5SOS previously released the tracks “Take My Hand” and “Complete Mess,” which will also appear on the new album. The singers are currently on their Take My Hand World Tour and will play another sold-out show tonight at Pier 17 in New York City.
MTV might be experiencing “New Coke” backlash after its original stars of Jersey Shore cried foul about an all-new reboot.
TMZ reports Jersey Shore 2.0 was about to get going when production was suddenly stopped, and all camera gear was removed from its New Jersey shooting location.
MTV only told the gossip site that the production has been “paused,” without linking it to a joint statement of disapproval back in May from the original folks who introduced us to phrases like “Gym, Tan, Laundry,” and, well, the name Snooki.
A message shared across the social platforms of Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi, Mike “The Situation” Sorrentino, Pauly “DJ Pauly D” DelVecchio, Jenni “JWoww” Farley, Vinny Guadagnino, Angelina Pivarnick and Deena Nicole Cortese read, “As a cast that took a chance with a network in need, we put our most vulnerable moments on television for the world to see.”
“We gave our all over the past 13 years, became a family and continue to open our lives for the world,” said the reality stars, referencing their occasional reunions on Jersey Shore Family Vacation.
“So please understand that we are not in support of a version that will exploit our original show, our hard work and authenticity to gain viewers,” the message concluded.
For what it’s worth, the online reaction to the message see-sawed between support for the OG Shore gang and backlash against the stars for taking shots at the network that made them famous.
(WASHINGTON) — Scientists at the nation’s top health agencies are looking into expanding vaccine eligibility so that more Americans can get a second booster shot during the latest COVID-19 wave, White House officials said on Tuesday.
“I know that the [Food and Drug Administration] is considering this, looking at it. And I know [Centers for Disease Control and Prevention] scientists are thinking about this and looking at the data as well. The decision is purely up to them,” Dr. Ashish Jha, the White House COVID coordinator, said at a briefing with reporters on Tuesday morning.
Dr. Anthony Fauci, chief medical adviser to the White House, said conversations about booster eligibility have been going on for a while. But he also reiterated that the final call lies with the FDA and CDC.
“We always talked about it, it’s not something new, but we all recognize what the lines of authority are and that’s what we’ll be depending on,” he said.
In May, FDA vaccine chief Dr. Peter Marks told ABC News that internal discussions were underway about second boosters for all adults.
Currently, everyone over 5 is eligible for an initial booster shot at least five months after their initial vaccination series. Everyone over 50 is recommended to get a second booster shot four months after their first, as is anyone who is immunocompromised.
But officials were clear on Tuesday that despite the potential for opening up second boosters to a wider population, there has been very low uptake among the older Americans who are already eligible — a problem because they are the most vulnerable to the virus.
“For people who are 50 years of age or older, my message is simple: If you have not gotten a vaccine shot in the year 2022 — if you have not gotten one this year — please go get another vaccine shot,” Jha said. “It could save your life.”
Jha also pushed people to start testing before gathering at big events, getting treatment like Paxlovid or monoclonal antibodies if infected with COVID and upping their use of face masks.
BA.4 and BA.5, the latest dominant COVID strains to spread in the U.S., are substantially more evasive of prior immunity, both from infection and from vaccines. Together, they currently account for around 80% of cases.
“The vaccine effectiveness against severe disease, fortunately for us, is not reduced substantially or at all compared to other omicron subvariants,” Fauci said Tuesday.
Jha said the White House was closely monitoring the subvariants and their impact.
“We’re encouraged that serious illness, hospitalizations and deaths have remained relatively low based on the level of infections. That’s not by coincidence, by the way. It’s not random,” Jha said, going on to tout “our successful vaccination program, our efforts to get people boosted and our incredibly focused effort on making sure that treatments and testing are widely available.” (The administration had faced criticism last year that testing wasn’t easily accessible nationwide.)
Still, Jha noted Tuesday that hundreds of people — far too many — were dying every day.
“We are experiencing about 300 to 350 deaths a day. That is unacceptable. It’s too high. And we will continue to use the infrastructure we have built and the tools we have to lower suffering and death as we manage BA.5,” he said, “and it is clear that with every American doing their part, we can get through the BA.5 infections together.”
What Americans can do to protect themselves
While Jha, Fauci and CDC Director Rochelle Walensky were all clear in their recommendations on Tuesday for the public to get up-to-date on their vaccines and boosters to fend off variants, the reality is murky for many Americans who have recently had COVID.
The CDC’s guidance is that people can wait up to three months after infection to get a shot — but reinfection with BA.5 could happen sooner than three months. Because the omicron subvariant is still new, there’s a lot scientists are still scrambling to learn.
“The overall principle is that we know immunity wanes with coronaviruses, whether that is infection or vaccination, and so if you’ve been infected or vaccinated and your time comes for a boost, that’s when you should go and get the boost,” said Fauci, who recently recovered from COVID.
“And I might say myself, having been someone who’s been vaccinated and infected, when we get the next round of having vaccines available, months later, I will be in line to get another boost after that,” he added.
The other factor many Americans are weighing is the new, omicron-specific vaccine that will be available beginning in October. Officials were adamant that anyone who gets a booster now will again be able to get one in the fall. But booster fatigue or hesitancy to get boosted twice within a span of a few months might prevent people from making that decision.
To that, officials said the benefit was worth it.
“People say, ‘Well, why do I want to get a prototype vaccine booster now, when I’m gonna have a variant-specific vaccine in four months or five months?'” Jha said.
“The biggest thing, and the data on this is very clear, is if you’re over 50, that extra booster dramatically lowers your risk of getting into the hospital, going into the ICU and dying. And there are very few things we do in medicine that have the kind of benefit that we see from that extra shot,” Jha said.
“And let me be clear: If you get vaccinated today, you’re not going to be ineligible to get the variant-specific vaccine as we get into the later part of fall and winter. So this is not a trade off,” he said. “We’ve got plenty. It’s a great way to protect yourself.”
Muni Long and Saweetie have dropped the playful new video for their single, “Baby Boo.”
In the clip for the catch tune — inspired by the 1995 hit “My Boo” by Ghost Town DJ’s — Muni and Saweetie use the dating site Blk to get with some hot guys. Muni matches with a dude who drives a truck that sells candy and ice cream and rides around with him while enjoying some popsicles. Meanwhile, Saweetie plays basketball in her bedroom with another guy before collapsing on the bed with him.
The clip ends with the two judging what seems to be an impromptu dance contest, where squads of women and men dance to “Baby Boo” on a makeshift outdoor stage.
Muni, aka Priscilla Renae, has co-written songs for Rihanna, Fifth Harmony, Pitbull, Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande among others. She made her BET Awards debut last month to perform her hit “Hrs & Hrs” as well as her popular track “Time Machine.”
